Georges Rousse

GEORGES ROUSSE (Paris, 1947).
"Luxembourg: Fers à Bétons", 2004.
Print on aluminum, copy 1/5.
Signed and titled on verso.
Label with stamp on the back.
Measurements: 160 x 125 cm; 165 x 132 cm (frame).

Georges Rousse's work is characterized, since the beginning of the eighties, by the relationships he establishes between photography, painting, sculpture and architecture. His interest in abandoned, dismantled and ruined places, as well as in what these spaces reveal about the culture that has generated them, led him, in 1986, to settle for a time in the former Van Gogh psychiatric hospital in the French town of Arles. The result of this stay was the Arles series, which was the starting point of the MACBA exhibition. His work is a very significant example of the importance that photography achieved throughout the eighties and further proof of the value of the photographic device as a tool for contemporary creation. Collapsing the usual restrictions among artistic media, his unique work quickly made its mark on the contemporary art world. Since his first exhibition in Paris, at the Galerie de France in 1981, Georges Rousse has continued to create his installations and show his photographs all over the world, in Europe, in Asia (Japan, Korea, China, Nepal), in the United States, in Quebec and in Latin America. He has participated in numerous biennials (Paris, Venice, Sydney) and received many prestigious awards: 1983: Villa Medicis hors les murs, New York City 1985 -1987: Villa Medicis, Rome 1988: International Center of Photography Award, New York 1989: Drawing Prize Salon de Montrouge 1992: Romain Roland Fellowship, Calcutta 1993: Grand Prix National de Photographie 2008: Succeeded Sol LeWitt as associate member of the Royal Belgian Academy. He is represented by several European galleries and his works are included in many important collections around the world.